In a boost to walkability, the government today released its 3D Pedestrian Network and 3D Visualisation Map datasets, allowing map and route-planning developers to freely access details of Hong Kong’s extensive network […]
Highways Department (HyD) has proposed setting up a new “walkability office” with four directors and 89 officers to reinvigorate over 500 pedestrian infrastructure projects pushed to the bottom of the pile by […]
The Ombudsman has slammed paltry fines and the government’s blind eye to bad performance in managing the city’s mounting street garbage problem, in a new direct investigation into Food and Environmental Hygiene […]
Civic Exchange has proposed a new Department of Culture as one possible solution to street performance and place-making issues in Hong Kong, in a new report released today over a Zoom video […]
A year-long fight to formalise an impromptu Causeway Bay pedestrian crossing has ended abruptly after Highways Department (HyD) sealed the passageway with railings. The mass clearance of railings by the government and […]
The government has rehashed public street space larger than the Avenue of Stars waterfront park into free overnight truck and tourist coach parking over the last few years, with plans to accelerate […]
Millions of people could use ferries to commute, given the growth in jobs along Hong Kong’s coastline, but the government must fully integrate ferries into public transport and go beyond its “railway […]
Massive trucks in Hong Kong are lacking radar and camera technology that could save elderly pedestrians’ lives, according to a crime scene investigator speaking at a police safety demonstration in Hong Kong […]
Police say it would be “unfair” to prosecute drivers who block a pedestrian crossing on Queen’s Road Central, blaming poor road design not impatient motorists. Last week urban activists uploaded hundreds of […]
A daily walk against the tide of Wan Chai government workers and exhibition-goers would have most people looking for a new job – but jostling along the narrow O’Brien Walkway over the […]
